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(Etye Wicljita The Beacon 36 Pagei WICHITA KANSAS 67201 TUESDAY ULY 4 1972 Price 10 Cents Consumer to Foot Bill For Clean Environment Indians but that won't happen" Ficbach cited examples of things his company is doing to protect the environment With increased efficiency less raw fuel is burned at the company's five Kansas power plants he said and new street lights require less power to burn thus conserving the power for other uses NATl' HA I (IAS cleanest burning furl is used to operate power plants Ficbach said but because of a shortage of gas for industrial use the sixth to he opened next will burn coal Ficltarh said the plant wouldn't belch thick black coal smoke because about $16 million worth of antipollution equipment also was being constructed "Wc expect to have some problems with it at first" he said "but we're committed to making it run effectively" It's Prizeword Time The Wichita Eagle and The Rcacon's Prizeword Puzzle barrel will not be manned on Hie Fourth of July It will he placed just inside the front door for hand-delivered entries By CHARLES HARDWICK Eagle Stall Writer The energy industry can protect the environment while providing power but it will cost money and the consumer will have to pay for it Ralph Ficbach president ol the Electric Co said Monday "The common ingredient (of environmental protection) is money and lots it" Ficbach said at a luncheon meeting of the Wichita Rotary "The protection adds a great deal to the cost ol producing energy" he said "The day of cheap energy is FIEBAC1I predicted that hy 1980 electric bills might triple squeezed between a rise in cost of raw fuel and the cost of environmental protection Ficbach defended the energy industry in general against charges that it care about humanitarian matters "Where per capita use of energy is high life is he said adding that about 99 per cent of all work is done by powered machines "We face a special problem on environmental impact" he said "but we can't dean up the environment by simple means We could revert to the simple life of the rlains Another environmental problem with coal is that surface mining often leaves the -land scarred and eroded "Our contract with the coal operators in Kansas" he said "makes the miner reclaim the land after mining" Other efforts at pollution control by the company: Towers ponds and canals to cool water heated by industrial use before returning it to lakes and streams Underground power lines in new areas with developers and builders paying the difference in cost over aboveground lines Ficbach said costs of converting above-ground lines are prohibitive EVEN OIJ) wooden cooling lowers are being recycled Ficbach said "We needed to do away with the scrap lumber from the tower" ha said didn't want to hum it because it would create air pollution" Hauling it to the dump would add to the solid waste disposal problem he added' Instead the company ground it into wood chips and used it ax mulch for plants PROUD UNIT Organized March 1 1776 by Capt Alex-ander Hamilton the 1st Battalion 5th Artillery is slightly older than the US and the oldest Army unit existence Stationed at Ft Riley the unit has outfitted from left Spec 4 Bram Canter Sgt Michael Smith Spec 4 Thomas Batson and Spec 4 Melvin Leon with authentic uniforms as a color guard for ceremonial occasions The company flag boasts 61 battle streamers and nine citations ranging from the Battle of Long Island in 1776 to Vietnam (Staff Thoto by Jerry Clark) 1007 Kansans Will Share $1 Million in uition Grants McGovern Doley Losers nro Conors EACH OF T1IE 1007 selected on a first come highest -need basis is being offered the maximum $1000 for the school year or very close to it The program established by the 1972 Legislature and signed into law by Docking provides that Kansas residents who are students at the state's private colleges are eligible for up to $1000 Sterling College Sterling 62 Tabor College Hillsboro 51 McPherson College McPherson 48 Southwestern College Winfield 47 Ottawa University Ottawa 40 Baker University Baldwin City 36 Hess ton College Hesston 28 St John's College Winfield 25 College of Emporia Emporia 15 Donnelly College Kansas City Kan 13 a Saint Mary College Xavier 11 potent weapon in convention debate even if it did not directly control the final resolution of tho cases McGovern's prospects for a first-ballot victory hang on the California decision ami to a lesser extent on Illinois In tho lirst case he lost 151 delegates to other candidates in the second he gained at least 41 and perhaps 50 with the replacement of (lie Chicago delegation Two weeks ago Hurl found unconstitutional two of this reform guidelines invoked against the Daley dclega- (Turn lo Page IA Col 2) Richer Fischer Ends Stalemate Jim Todd allowed -only a one-out single in the ninth inning Monday night to lead the Wichita Aeros to a 5-0 American Association victory over Iowa spor Evert of Fort Lauderdale Fla and defending champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia advanced to the semifinals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament David Graham 26-year-old tour rookie defeated veteran Bruce Devlin in a playoff to win the $150000 Cleveland Open Golf Championship Details in Section II tne prize money previously agreed on Marshall quoted Fischer as saying of Slater's proposal: "I gotta accept it a stupendous offer" He said Fischer considered gesture "incredible and generous and Slater saife in London he received confirmation of acceptance by telephone and had been told the challenger planned to fly to Reykjavik Fischer miut arrive in Reykjavik by noon Tuesday CDT or forfeit his chance at Spassky and the title The first game is to begin at 5 pm Tuesday noon Mom Politics Pictures on 6A (C) NY Times News Service WASHINGTON -A federal district Judge Monday upheld the Democratic Credentials Committee's actions i depriving Sen George McGovern of 151 of the CDT-postponed from same time Sunday Fischer's request The Russians from Spassky here in Iceland to the Soviet Chess Federation in Moscow protested the fact that the World Chess Federation (FIDE) granted a post- poncment of Fischer's appearance -i Today's Forecast WICHITA AREA Chance of showers High 72' Low 57 KANSAS Scattered showers central east Highs upper 60s wst to mid 70s east Map table on Page KB delegates he won in California and in unseating Mayor Richard Daley and 58 other Chicago delegates Judge George Hart Jr held that in both tho politically sensitive cases the committee had not committed any unconstitutional acts that warranted Court intervention lie emphasized the reluctance of the courts to enter "the political of such decisions Hart ruled that the committee had been within its rights in unseating the Dairy delegation but he dcMinrd to sny whether its replacement by a largely pro-McGovern contingent chosen in unofficial caucuses was legal ROTH CASES will be carried to the Omrt of Appeals for a hearing and decision Tuesday No matter how that court rules the ultimate division in both instances ill be made by the Democratic National Convention when it meets in Miami Beach Monday All the parties are anxious for a favorable ruling however because a high court decision would be a they pay the first $450 toward their education for the ir and it is determined by rmula that their parents can contribute very little more The Legislature appropriated $1 million and 3198 student applications Schrader said the 1007 selected were from families who could contribute zero to toward their children's higher -dncationt The 176 Marymount College at Salina led the list with 102 students who are being offered grants THEN CAME Sacred Heart College Wichita 90 Bethany College Lindsborg 86 Friends University Wichita 84 Kansas Wesleyan University Salina 71 Benedictine College Atchi- son 68 Bethel College North Newton 67 St Mary of the -Plains Dodge City 63 TOPEKA (AP) More than 1000 Kansas students attending the 19 eligible private independent colleges will receive $1 million in tuition grants from the state for the 1972-73 school year the Kansas Education Commission reported Monday to Gov Robert Docking Marlin Schrader administrative officer of the commission told Docking 1007 Kansas residents have been picked by the American College Testing Program at Iowa City Iowa to receive the grants Another 178 students selected as alternates were Nixon Speaks I I Nation OH HUiivii vrf Radio Today j- SAN CLEMENTE Calif (AP) President Nixon will address the nation by radio Tuesday in a July 4 holiday speech expected to call for unity to meet the "great the President sees ahead igr the American people Press secretary Ronald Ziegler said Monday the chief executive's 'speech will be broadcast live at 11:05 atn CDT Tuesday from the Western White House Nixon will talk about 10 minutes Ziegler said THE SPEECH which Ziegler said would be carried live by all radio networks fits Nixon's pattern of using holidays as occasions for nationwide addresses He made radio broadcasts Labor Day and Veterans Day Ziegler said the President would discuss plans for the bicentennial observance of the nation's independence in 1976 and "touch on other matters appropriate to the Fourth of Puff less Pub's Profits Fade With the Smoke England (AP) Jack Showers is landlord of a pub with no smokes and proudly ignores the fact that there is little profit in it His trade has slumia'd 50 per cent since he banned tobacco nine months ago to start what he claims is the-first smoke-free tavern in the world "As usual 10 years ahead of my time" said Showers dismissing his dwindling profit sheet with a shrug TIIK 79-YKAK-OLD PUBLICAN sees himself as a crusader with a public duty of making people slop smoking "inducing them to cast aside the nefarious lie refuses to sell cigarettes cigars nr pipe tobacco and nobody in for a drink ia allowed to have anything but booze touch his lips "I've sold 5 million cigarettes in my time and I often! wonder how many people I've killed" said Showers whi started his campaign when a partner died of lung cancer Visitors to his bar are assailed with amiable ferocity if they show ignorance of the rules by attempting to light up "LAST WEEK I TOIJ) pregnant woman she was a silly bitch for smoking" said Showers "and I said to her husband 'and you sir are a knave for lolling her I convinced them In the end The woman kissed me before she left" Showers a former banana planter detergent salesman and Chinese restaurant owner added: "I'm brutal ruthless You have to be" Across the road admirer Bess Barnard said: "I hope Jack hvea forever" She and her husband own Applelrecwick's other pub and sell cigarettes in a cheerfully fog-laden atmosphere They say profits sod custom are roaring ahead Bandits on Baltimore Bus -Rob 43 En Route to Races Hints Hanoi i To Get Manpower REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) Bobby Fischer accepted a London offer of a $130000 richer prize pot for the world championship chess match and flew out of New York Monday night toward his confrontation with Soviet titleholdcr Boris Spassky Paul Marshall a lawyer in New York for Fischer said the 29 year old American challenger had accepted banker James Slater's offer of the extra prize money and would be in Reykjavik by the Tuesday noon deadline Earlier Monday sponsors of the championship match turned down bid for a cut of the gate receipts in Vietnam to aid in the reconstruction of that country's bombed-out railroad links to China A senior administration official said Monday "Our conclusion is that China may feel obligated" to help out the North Vietnamese and will probably do so in the near future even if without any great enthusiasm In the last week Washington has received many diplomatic and intelligence reports some from what are regarded as sources warning that China felt under increasing pressure due to the American bombing of North Vietnam and the mining of North Vietnam to do more than it had done so far to aid its southern ally Most of these reports have cited the dispatch of the organized engineer battalions as likelihood BUT THE SENIOR official said that as of Monday morning United States intelligence had not detected any Chinese units in North Vietnam A report in the Washington Post filed from Peking said Monday sources" in the Chinese capital said China sending laborers into North Asked about the report in (Tura to Page 6A CoL 1) Related Reports On Page 2A (C) NY Times News Service WASHINGTON Diplomatic and intelligence reports have persuaded some key administration officials that China will probably send engineer battalions to northern parts of North Oil News 4C People end Places 4C Puzzle-Beacon 7B Eagle 12A Radio-TV Logs 12A Sports 1B-3B State News 8A Women's News-14A 1 5A 3 Parti Youth Index on Page 2A Soviet US space experts to confer Page 3A i Moves sought to combat drunk driving Page 5A No-swimming area posted at Milford Page 8A See what the all about Page 4B ends longest run Page 5C Family's anguish tells flood saga Page 12C Classified 262-4222 Circulation 268-6344 Amusements 5C Obituaries 4C BALTIMORE (AP) Two armed men commandeered a busload of race track fans Monday and forced the driver to circle the city while they robbed the passengers The two men one armed with a shotgun fled the bus with $3413 an hour later at the Baltimore Beltway Interchange with Route 95 in Halethorpe a small suburban community 10 miles south of here police said No one was hurt THOMAS A 1 (i manager of the Baltimore Motor Coach Co said the bus carried 46 passengers and was en route to Delaware Park Race Course at Stanton Del The gunmen who had hoarded the bus at the downtown Baltimore Civic Center at about 11 am pulled guns on the driver as the bus neared the Baltimore Beltway on Pulaski Highway north of the city He said the driver was forced to enter the Beltway and drive completely around the city while the gunmen went from passenger to passenger taking valuables Forty-three of the 46 passengers told police they had been robbed ONE OF THEM Harry Coffin Sr 72 of Annapolis Md told police he lost $519 which he thought was the highest amount taken from anyone Authorities said the bandits one of whom carried what was described as a derringer type pistol forced one passenger to walk down (he aisle and hold the white paper bag into which the victims dumped their money Police said the robbers spotted Benjamin Titelman 76 of Philadelphia trying to hide $219 under his belt One bandit reportedly slapped him (Turn to page 6A CoL 1) Billy Grihem SB Bridge 8B Classified Ads6C-11C Comics 6B 7B Dear Abby 14A Editorials 4B 5B Home Town News ISA Markets 2C-4C Vol 100 No 186 AS PStg AN LOC DEFENDERS CHEER AIRLIFTED REINFORCEMENTS They ignited flare on knocked out Communist tank 4 9.